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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did students learn about while using Alice?

2. What was the title of the last section?

3. What was surprising about the students being sought out in 1997?

4. Why did Randy cut off telemarketers?

5. How did the lecture spread to others after it was done?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Randy get his early tenure?

2. How did Randy help a student who was upset about peer evaluations?

3. Why did Randy feel the way he did about his cancer diagnosis?

4. What was the second head fake at the end of the lecture?

5. What did Randy do when he was billed twice at the grocery store?

6. Why did Randy have extra slides set aside for his lecture?

7. What was Tommy's goal in life?

8. What is Alice?

9. Why did Randy have Jai do something at the end of his lecture?

10. How did Randy motivate his computer science class in 1997?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened when Father died, and what effect did the death have on Randy?

Essay Topic 2

What significance did the stuffed animals have for Randy? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Randy endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

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